Albany, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/16/2015 -- China is a big producer of industrial hazardous waste. With the issuance of environmental protection policies, technological upgrading, etc., China's utilization and standardized disposal of hazardous waste has been significantly improved over recent years, with the stock of hazardous waste substantially reduced. It was estimated that China produced 40 million tons of industrial hazardous waste in 2013, representing an increase of 15.4 % over the previous year; the waste utilization volume hit 24 million tons, up 19.7 % year on year; the disposal volume rose by 1% year on year to 7.05 million tons; and the inventory reached 8 million tons, down 5.4 % from last year.

The 12th Five-year Hazardous Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Plan requires that certified companies should dispose more hazardous waste by 2015 than 2010 by 75%, the load rate of hazardous waste incineration facilities should exceed 75%, and municipal hazardous waste generators should realize harmless disposal by and large. By 2016, China will create 70 million tons of hazardous waste, and the annual utilization and disposal volume will reach 49 million tons. However, as of 2013, Chinese licensed companies could only treat 50 %-60% of hazardous waste. With the country attaches more importance to environmental issues, laws and regulations are enforced more and more stringently, the utilization and disposal rates of hazardous waste will be to some extent raised, and the hazardous waste treatment industry will embrace huge potentials.

The most notable features of the hazardous waste disposal industry lie in licensed operation as well as regional distribution. For example, 90% of Chinese circuit board production enterprises that are main generators of hazardous heavy metal waste in the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta, where a large number of heavy metal utilization and disposal companies gather consequently.

By January 2014, a total of 116 Guangdong-based companies with Hazardous Waste Operating License had disposed 2.93 million tons of hazardous waste each year. Guangzhou MARPOL Services Co., Ltd could process 450,000 tons of mainly oily wastewater every year; Shenzhen Hazardous Waste Treatment Station Co., Ltd. was capable of handling 342,500 tons of 49 categories of hazardous waste annually.

As of January 2014, a total of 291 companies in Jiangsu Province had had Hazardous Waste Operating License and they had handled 7.216 million tons of all types of hazardous waste each year. Among them, Suzhou New District Environmental Protection Service Center could process 600,000 tons/a and Ruanshi Chemical (Changshu) Co., Ltd.. 130,000 tons/a.

Global demand for polyurethane products approximated 20.30 million tons in 2014, with new demand largely coming from emerging markets including Asia Pacific and South America. Rigid foam and flexible foam hold the lion's share of demand for polyurethane products in the world, accounting for about 60% of total amount.

Global lithium carbonate output grew by 10.57% year on year to 144,400 tons in 2013, and, driven by downstream demand, will maintain an upward momentum, with an estimated AAGR of around 10% over the next couple years, above 200,000 tons in 2017.

Lithium carbonate is primarily used in lithium battery, which accounted for 29% of lithium carbonate application in 2014. In recent years, the development of electric vehicle (EV) posed new requirements on lithium battery and lithium carbonate, and the demand has kept rising. In 2014, the demand for lithium carbonate from global EV approximated 16,000 tons, 10% or so of total demand, and is projected to hit 27% in 2017. In addition to EV, the development of the industries such as consumer electronics, grid energy storage, mobile base stations and UPS will also stimulate the demand for lithium carbonate.

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